Nowy Tomyśl

Nowy Tomyśl
Town square
Coat of arms
Nowy Tomyśl
Coordinates: 52°19′0″N 16°8′0″E / 52.316667°N 16.133333°E / 52.316667; 16.133333
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Greater Poland
County	Nowy Tomyśl County
Gmina	Gmina Nowy Tomyśl
Area
– Total	5.2 km2 (2 sq mi)
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Population (2006)
– Total	15,225
– Density	2,927.9/km2 (7,583.2/sq mi)
Postal code	64-300, 64-301
Website	http://www.nowytomysl.pl

Nowy Tomyśl [ˈnɔvɨ ˈtɔmɨɕl] (German: Neutomischel) is a town in western Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the capital of Nowy Tomyśl County. The population is 15,627 (2004). The town is located just south of the current western terminus of the A2 motorway.

Nowy Tomyśl's world record-breaking wicker basket

The town has a long tradition of wickerwork. In the main town square stands a wicker basket woven in 2006, measuring 17 metres (56 ft) long, 9 m wide and 7.7 m high, entered in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest basket. The town also has a Museum of Basketry and Hop Growing, which is one of the branches of the National Museum of Agriculture in Szreniawa. Next to the museum is a small zoo.

Coordinates: 52°19′N 16°09′E / 52.317°N 16.15°E / 52.317; 16.15